Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is one of the most popular vegetables in many regions of the world. Pulses are important sources of protein for vegetarian population. Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) commonly known as gram is an important pulse crop. In Tunisia, the cultivated area and production have significant instability and decrease, the chickpea crop was affected by biotic and abiotic constrai...

Principal component analysis and hierarchical cluster are the best tools to measure degree of divergence suggest parents for future crop improvement programmes. A study was done using 64 chickpea genotypes including desi kabuli types provided from RARS, Nandyal. Research conducted at Agricultural College Farm, Bapatla during Rabi 2021-22 in 8×8 square lattice design. Data collected 13 quantitat...

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Photoperiod is one of the major environmental factors determining time to flower initiation and first flower appearance in plants. In chickpea, photoperiod sensitivity, expressed as delayed to flower under short days (SD) as compared to long days (LD), may change with the growth stage of the crop. Photoperiod-sensitive and -insensitive phases were identified by experiments in which individual p...